Fertilizer Manufacturing
Manufacturing of mineral fertilizers: nitrogen products (urea, ammonium nitrate, UAN solution, ammonium sulphate) made by oxidising ammonia to nitric acid and neutralising it back with ammonia, phosphate products, and blended NPK.
Also known as: Fertiliser Manufacturing, Nitrogen Fertilizer Manufacturing
Hierarchy
Section titled “Hierarchy”Broader: Chemical Manufacturing
Details
Section titled “Details”| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| scopeNote | Ammonia synthesis itself is dnt-fnd-sec:AmmoniaManufacturing. The two are usually one integrated complex, but they are kept separate because ammonia is also sold as a commodity and as a fuel, and its abatement instruments are not fertilizer instruments. |
| produces | Fertilizer (Products Taxonomy) |
| has emission source | Nitric Acid Production (Emission Sources Taxonomy) |
| has emission source | Industrial Furnace Combustion (Emission Sources Taxonomy) |
| exactMatch | Fertilizer Manufacturing (NAICS 2017) |
| exactMatch | Fertilizer manufacturing (USEEIO Sector Classification (SEF v1.4.0)) |
| exactMatch | Q56604441 |
Technical details
- IRI:
https://spec.decarbnexus.com/taxonomy/FND/Sectors/FertilizerManufacturing - Kind: Taxonomy Concept
- command token: fertilizer
- command token: fertiliser
- command token: npk